A Generalized ``Surfaceless'' Stokes' Theorem
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v1 alg-geom
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We derive a generalized Stokes' theorem, valid in any dimension and for arbitrary loops, even if self intersecting or knotted. The generalized theorem does not involve an auxiliary surface, but inherits a higher rank gauge symmetry from the invariance under deformations of the surface used in the conventional formulation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9311188,
title = {A Generalized ``Surfaceless'' Stokes' Theorem},
author = {N. Bralic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9311188},
year = {2008}
}
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